NaNoWriMo Blues Part 1

Assalamualaikum and hello to all :)

I got tired. I'm actually thinking of cheating!
How? By copying the contents of my blog to the word count scoreboard. :PPP
Meg Cabot actually caught me cheating!
But no, I'm not that pathetic.

8 more days to go and currently my word count is at pathetic 12,630. Aiming to reach 15,000 by this evening. And going to write 5000 more tonight. My target for today is 20,000 words! Oh yeah!

My story is divided into Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. The same story but different genres for each part. Heh. You might feel that there's no connection between the first part and the second part, but as you read part 3, you will discover that part 1 and part 2 are actually connected and related. Part 3 pratically concludes what happened throughout the story. Sounds complicated? Not really.

So, what is it about? You'll see. :P

Why am I doing this? Life is short. I wanted to try everything that is possible to attain. Athough my novel is not 'publishable', at least I could tell someone that throughout my 20 years living on Earth, I had at least successfully written TWO novels. This is my second novel. I completed the 1st novel when I was 18 and it's in Malay, Also, there will be lots of regrets if I didn't manage to finish it. NaNoWriMo only comes once a year and I need something to be proud of, something that actually motivates me, consoling me during the horrible hours of lecture weeks next semester.

What did I actually do to gain ideas? Lots of prayers, haha, reading (read: CLEO and COSMOPOLITAN :P), going all bonkers and crazy, and yes, listening to sad instrumental music really helps.

I don't care whether it is a good story or not (to others). I just want to finish it and get my hands on the swanky NaNoWriMo certificate! And of course, I would want to brag to others that I managed to finish my novel in a matter of weeks! (less than 4 weeks, to be precise). :P

For now, it's QUANTITY that matters, not QUALITY. Imagine, if I sit down, looking blankly at the computer screen, typing the sentences, then felt that they are not good enough, deleting them, writing again, deleting again, my God, the novel will never be finished!

 And I'm using simple words that everyone can understand. My vocabulary is not that vast and I'm not good in constructing flowery, literature-ish sentences.

The first draft is always about quantity, the matter of finishing your story. The same goes with the second draft, adding bits by bits, then the third drafts and so on. You need to keep on editing and editing. Writing a novel is HARD! To all novelists out there,  I salute you!

And this is a conversation between me and my sister

Moi: I'm so tired!

Moi sister: of what?

Moi: of writing!

Moi sister: You're not writing, you're typing!

Moi: It's the same la!

Moi sister: Writing kan guna tangan

Moi: Habis tu, typing guna kaki ke?

In case you don't know, 'Moi' is pronounced as 'Mua', which is French for 'me' or '  I  ' ( I guess). see, you learn something new from my blog! HAHAHAHAHA. 

Okay, got to go back to writing. 2370 words to go! And I aim to finish it by 6 p.m

And eh, I just realised that I forgot to take my lunch. GRRPPBBBPP (bunyi perut berkeroncong).

Howl's Moving Castle by Joe Hisaishi

Assalamualaikum and hello to all :)

I just loooovvvveeee instrumental music. I love classical music. I love Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms', Rachmaninoff, Bach and other composers in the Classical period. I love Yiruma, I love Joe Hisaishi, I love any instrumental music. They are very soothing and relaxing.

I have an unfulfilled childhood dream of being able to perform in an orchestra. Of which I think it will just remain as a dream. :P

I really wish that I could watch a real live orchestra ( I watched the first orchestra performed by college students when I was nine). Nodame Cantabile tops my list of most favourite Japanese Drama. LOL.

 The song I'm currently in love with. :D

Howl's Moving castle by Joe Hisaishi. It's an old song.



Now, after listening to this, how could one not being able to appreciate and love instrumental music?

P/S: Syidah kena dengar lagu ni! :D

I wish I could be honest

Assalamualaikum and hello to all. :)

For the past few months, maybe for the past one year, I feel that I'm not being true to myself while writing the blog posts. As more people read my blog, I feel more restricted. (but really, thank you for reading my blog :D)I could not express myself freely as I did before. I couldn't show my true cranky behaviour, writing irrelevant posts like what I did 2 years ago. I'm worried about other people's perceptions and I really wish I'm not.

Somehow, I don't think it's right to expose everything about yourself up in the net, especially the problems you're facing as you will be labeled as an 'emo'. A slang for someone who is constantly emotional. :P

I seriously think I should not care too much about people's thoughts or else my creativity (so-called) will be suppressed. before, I could write more than 4 long blog posts in a day but now I couldn't.

I'm a person who is easily excited. When I discovered new things, do something that is fulfilling, or see/observe whatever events I will become all excited and the best medium to express this feeling is through writing. I wish to share my experiences with other people and thus, I wrote them all in a blog.

When I'm feeling down or depressed, I would often write about them in the blog. But as I read back, I feel ashamed and thus deleted the post.

Even if I experienced a writer's block, I would write just about everything (crazy, cranky stuffs, of course) but at least I'm writing. I do notice that my creative juice is slowly being drained nowadays.
When I started this blog in 2007, I had a great fun exploring the wonderful world of blogs. I had fun changing the templates, I had fun spamming my friends' cboxes. Maddy, Jem and Farhana were my first blog buddies. I miss the carefree times we had, reading and commenting other people's blog posts. Maddy even said that
' Reading your blog makes my day!'

I am not a serious, responsible, diligent, careful, excellent person. I'm the opposite of all that. I love to laugh, I love to talk, I love to make jokes, I am somehow the clown of the class (maybe among my friends) and I love being all that. I am a weirdo and I'm proud of that fact.

In a conclusion, I should write for myself, not for others. Something or anything that I think is good, not what people think is good. I should be who I am. But one thing. I shall not be emo.

Thank you for reading. :)

Holiday-ing

Assalamualaikum and hello to al :)

Selamat Hari Raya Aidiladha to all Muslims around the world. 

I am now in....

PULAU PANGKOR! =D

ITU SAJA

(LOL. Ikut trademark Nikmah pulak :P)

Sean Biggerstaff in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows!

Assalamualaikum and hello to all. =)

Remember this cute guy?

Oh, no no. Not the specky one on your left. Everyone knows and will always remember the specky guy. The one on his left. The Quidditch captain of Gryffindor. The Keeper. The cute but unnoticeable supporting character.

Righto.

It's Oliver Wood, one of my favourite characters in the book. *dreamy look*

Named after Germany National Team former captain and goalkeeper, Oliver Kahn. .

 I made up the fact myself. But it's coincidental, right? Oliver Wood was the keeper and captain of the Quidditch team. Oliver Kahn held the same positions as well. Could it be that...

J.K. Rowling secretly supports Germany over her own country during World Cup? *bewildered look*

Anyway, I digress.

Sean Biggerstaff only appeared in the first two movie directed by Christopher Columbus. I feel sad for him, LOL. The Harry Potter franchise survived EIGHT years without him. The last movie he acted in is 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets' which was in 2002.

As I was surfing and wandering around The Internet World and Wikipedia World aimlessly, of which I couldn't remember how on Earth did I manage to type his name into the search box and....

Oh, just click this

Which is just AWESOME! A-W-E-S-O-M-E!!!

Of course,  the Battle in the Great Hall is the most important and memorable event in the book! And the scene where Oliver Wood carries the dead body of Colin Creevy is really...disheartening.

Maybe he would just appear in one scene but oh who cares, like I'd said (or written), that particular one scene is so emotionally powerful that it would stir up different kinds of emotion, you get what I mean? Yeah, I haven't watched the movie (it's not out yet like, duh!) nor the trailer. But I've read the book.

I possess and had read all the books (tiada nada bangga di sini. Tiada apa-apa yang perlu dibanggakan, LOL. Oh yeah, the books in this picture are mine! :D )

Ok, back to the topic. I really hope that the camera will focus about 2-3 minutes or more on him. And let him speak a sentence or two, please!

Besides, who could forget that cheeky grin of his? :D

"You are the seeker,"

Err, is he still single? Was he even single before? ;)

Eh wait seminit! To think again, he's only going to appear in the 2nd installment of Deathly Hallows, am I right? HAHA. So much for being excited right now. :P

Disclaimer: Images of Sean Biggerstaff/Oliver Wood are googled.

the Geek of the Lord of the Rings

Post ni ketinggalan zaman ke? Bukan dah habis ke Lord of the Rings 7 tahun lepas? Oh, who cares!

All three movies! Done watching! I mean, done REwatching! :D
No matter how geeky I sound, the Lord of the Rings trilogy is the BEST! I repeat, THE BEST epic fantasy film I've ever watched! Like, seriously! Harry Potter pun boleh kalah tau! Twilight saga? Oh, purleaseeee...Tak masuk dalam senarai pun (the movies, I mean).

It was in 2004, and I was staying up late until 3 a.m  just to watch the ?th Academy Awards to watch the glorious moments of which 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King won all ELEVEN awards it was nominated for!

Seriously, the movies are awesome! The books?

Err, I mean, the book. The only Lord of the Ring book I've ever bought.

I was twelve when I bought it. My vocabulary was not that vast back then. I found it difficult to understand some of the 'difficult' adult-ish words that Tolkien's using. Then I ended up not reading it. -_____-. Maalini, my classmate, also the best student for the English subject at school admitted that it was quite difficult to comprehend some of sentences, and she said that the selection of words are of high level English. We regarded it as an 'adult version' of Harry Potter. xD

 And after 8 years, when I tried to read it again (due to LOTR's movies influences), the first thing I did was smile. I could understand almost all the words in the book and thus it will not pose that much difficulty for me to start reading it again. I just couldn't believe that I didn't know the meanings of very very simple words like.... ah, tak payah. Bikin malu je.
 

Looks like Peter Jackson is making a new movie titled 'The Hobbit', which is actually the prequel of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. It tells about Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf's adventures and how Bilbo managed to 'steal' the ring from Gollum and all. Can't wait! Okay, I'm turning into a LOTR geek, I'm afraid.

And I want a vintage Middle Earth map like this! Oh, screw it, vintage or not, I want any version of Middle Earth map where I can stick to my bedroom wall and analyse the war strategies used by Aragorn and others in the wars between Rohan and Gondor with Mordor (oh, how geeky). Where to buy eh?

and last but not least...

Don't you think that Gollum is AH-DOH-RA-BLE ??!!? :P

Hollywood version of hantu toyol, I must say.

Disclaimer: Images are googled.

"Kakak, kakak buat apa??!!'

Assalamualaikum and hello to all. :)

The Utama Express from Terminal Bas Kuantan departed at 9.05 a.m and I have safely arrived at Sungai Petani, Kedah at about 6. 40 a.m. I was sleeping throughout the long 10 hours journey. ;)

A few days before coming back to Sungai Petani, I had promised my 6 years old brother, Haziq that I'll play Play Station with him. Or even, accompany him while he's playing. Avatar, Hitman, Batman, Ninja Turtle, whatsoever. I had never liked playing Play Station or X box or whatsoever. I like Super Mario though. xD

But what did I do? Upon reaching home after having a heavy breakfast of masala tose and teh tarik at the Nasi Kandar restaurant, I switched on the computer and here I am, blogging, online-ing. Internet sangat laju oh sangat bestnya!

Haziq who's playing games downstairs keep on asking 'Kakak, kakak buat apa?
'Kakak tengah tengok komputer!'

5 minutes later

'Kakak,, kakak tengok komputer apa?'
'Kakak tengah tengok benda best! (lain macam je bunyinya) Nanti kakak turun!'

5 minutes later

'Kakak, kakak buat apa???'''
'Kakak tengah tulis kat komputer. Kejap tau!

LOL. Kesian.

Haha. XD
Well, you can't blame me. At home, you would never have to wait for more than a minute for a wepage to finish loading its contents.

While at UIA, guess what? 5 freaking minutes! Tu sebab tengok internet kat UIA membazir masa dan tenaga.

Syafiq's at UIA. Syazwani's at school. Dad and Danial went out. Mum's working. It's only me and Haziq in the house. What better things to do, right? ;P

Err, kanak-kanak zaman sekarang. -____-

Finals are FINALLY over!

Assalamualaikum and hello to all. :)

FINAL EXAMS SEMESTER 1 2010/2011

23/10/2010 Halaqah/Study Circle Final Exam
27/10/2010 Tilawah Final Exam
29/10/2010 Pharmacy Practice Practical
31/10/2010 Islamic Worldview
1/11/2010 Islamic Input in Pharmacy
2/11/2010 Pharmacy Practice
3/11/2010 Common OSPE and Bahasa Melayu Lanjutan
4/11/2010 Physiology
6/11/2010 MCQ Islamic Input, Pharmacy Practice, Physiology
9/11/2010 Physical Pharmacy
10/11/2010 Anatomy and Histology
13/11/2010 MCQ Physical Pharmacy, Anatomy

YEAH! FINALS ARE OVER! And the first semester of the first year in Kulliyyah of Pharmacy has come to its end!

I think I did my best and OK (my definition of OK)  in all the subjects except Physical Pharmacy. It is the toughest paper out of those listed above. I really hope and I'll pray with all my might that I'll pass the subject! Insya-Allah.

 What? You think it's easy to score? Try taking the subject yourself! Physics Matriculation lagi senang tahu! Physics SPM tak payah cakapla (ceh, tiba-tiba berlagak pulak).

And the end of the semester marks the beginning of a four-weeks semester vacation! There are so many things I wanted to do!

1. Complete my novel (By the end of November)
2. Master 'Fur Elise' and 'play by ears' trainings.
3. Practice and master the art of driving. XD
4. Update blogs
5. Finish reading unread and half-read books

Eh, itu je ke? Oh, those are the compulsory things that I must do. Meaning, productive things that I intend to do during the 4 weeks vacation. Banyak-banyak aktiviti pun nanti tak terbuat. Cakap je lebih. HAHA.

Other side things
1. Watch available Japanese Dramas and movies in hard disk
2. Watch Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in cinema. :D
3. Dates with old school friends. :D

And family's gonna go for vacations around places in Malaysia! (of course la, duh!)
I'll try my best to update on that. 

I really really really so badly wanted to go to Big Bad Wolf's Book Fair. Imported fictions at a mere price of RM 9.00 each? OMG!!! I'm practically hyperventilating!

But it's in Selangor! Which is really sad. I wish I live in Selangor (for the sole purpose of going to book fairs around the state). I wish Kedah has lots of good bookstores. I guess I'll just have to wait for the MPH Book Fair next year. Which doesn't give that many discounts as compared to Big Bad Wolf. Which is really disappointing. Which makes me wanted to open my own bookstore one day. Apahal banyak sangat 'which' ni?

It's hard being a bookaholic, you know (drama queen's tone)

Oh yeah, know what? We Pharmacy students haven't gotten our scholarship money yet. Because OSC made a silly mistake of  forgetting to send our forms to JPA.  They have forgotten? Oh, really? Or, are they not alert enough? Okay, don't care.

Oh, cuti! Oh, Kedah! Oh, Sungai Petani! Oh, home sweet home!
Oh, Physical Pharmacy~~~ >__________<

I worry too much. Let's worry about it when the time comes. To think again, everything has been perfectly planned and destined for my own good. Why should I be worried at all? :D

Till then, assalamualaikum and bye!

Dexchlorpheniramine maleate, by that, I mean antihistamine

Just ignore the title of the post above. 

HUNGRY HUNGARIAN


Life at home is really pleasant. No matter what time it is, you will always find something in the fridge when you're feeling hungry.. Kalau pukul 12 tgh malam tu kebuluran, boleh check freezer, ada nuggets, ada ayam goreng, ada daging burger, ada fries, ada wedges, whoa heaven!

Pukul 12 malam makan nasi putih panas dengan kicap and ayam goreng Ayamas/ nuggets best jugak.Sambil tu, layan movies kat Astro. Ahaha


Kalau guna daging burger, takde burger punya buns pun takpe. Goreng daging burger, goreng telur, letak sos, letak mayonis, both of them sandwiched between two pieces of Gardenia bread, Gardenia bread tu kalau bakar sekali dengan margerine pun best. OMG! Crunchy!


Lepas tu kalau ada macaroni,  boil atas api (?)bagi kembang lepas tu kalau ada cheese spread letak je atas macaroni lepas tu gaul(?) bagi sekata. :P

Ada maggi pulak. Boil dalam air yang sikit guna boiler (?) bukan guna kettle. Lepas tu letak perencah, letak telur, letak lada sulah. Kalau letak air sikit, perencah semua tu akan absorbed dalam maggi punya mee. Er, betul ke resipi ni. My sister is an expert in this.

Lepas tu ada potatoes,  boil jugak bagi lembut. Lepas tu mash, lepas tu letak butter, letak cheese,letak garam, letak lada sulah.  OMG!

Ada wedges, ada fries, apa lagi, goreng je la! 


Apa ni bagi resepi tengah malam? My midnight recipes consist of simple fried stuffs, boiled stuffs, pepper stuffs, cheese stuffs. Microwave is very very important when you're feeling extremely lazy. And of course, there are more easy midnight recipes that I invented myself of which the time taken to prepare is less than 30 minutes. Hidup kena kreatif! 


Notes: Bila lapar, semua pun boleh telan!


Kalau dekat University

Life at university is tough. You'll get hungry at unreasonable time, at the wee hours of the night and morning. Since you're so lazy to get out from your room, going down the stairs and walk for about 200 meters away to buy food (oi, jauh tu!) and wait for about 30 minutes for the food to get ready, so padan muka you!

The Students' Discipline Rules 2004 stated that 'Students are not allowed to bring unauthorized electrical appliances such as periuk belanga and microwave oven,'

Okay (jeling kat book rack) ada Oat Krunch and oat and Milo. And Kuih raya yang separuh habis.
Tapi ada electric kettle! Muahahaha


Cara masak Mi Goreng Mee Sedap
1. Isi air dalam kettle, masukkan mee, lepas tu boil! :P
2. Sila sediakan semua perencah yang sedia ada dan mix dekat pinggan anda.
3. Mee yang telah direbus telah menjadi lembut. 
4. Guna garpu amik mee dalam kettle letak dalam pinggan. Lepas tu buang la air rebusan itu dan cuci kettle dengan bersih.
5. Gaul mee dengan perencah, lepas tu makan!


Satisfaction 100 % guaranteed!

Steamboat express!  

Anda (ceh, guna anda) nak buat macam steamboat pun boleh. Tapi kena asyik boil air tu. Haha. Jadi, kalau nak express, masukkan semua bahan sekali! Fish cakes, fish balls, sayur-sayuran, semua elements of steamboat anda boleh masukkan. Half-boiled eggs, everything la! 


SETELAH MEMASAK, ANDA PERLU MEMBERSIHKAN KETTLE ANDA DENGAN SEBERSIH-BERSIHNYA MENGGUNAKAN SABUN CUCI PINGGAN MANGKUK!

Ajaran orang lain pula?

Lepas tu ni roommate dulu ajar. Serbuk milo letak atas kertas, balut dengan kertas yang ada lubang-lubang yang dibuat sendiri lepas tu tekap dengan iron bagi dia menjadi amorphous solid (?).Tapi agak tak hygienic la, haha.


Lagi satu orang ajar. Boleh je bawak periuk yang kecil. Letak sardin dalam periuk, lepas tu sardin tu kan pekat sangat kan? Letak sikit air mendidih kat sardin tu lepas tu letak iron yang panas bawah periuk untuk boil. Susah sebab iron tu takde permukaan yang rata. Belum try tapi teringin nak try. 


Err, baru perasan yang dari English jadi Bahasa Melayu pulak. Oh, that is so like Sarah. After all, I'm a Malay!

And these methods are to be used when you're extremely, desperately really hungry at night or when you're bored and have nothing else to do. Untuk  lunch sila beli makanan 'lengkap' dan berkhasiat di cafe berdekatan (walaupun jauh).


I wish I could post pictures but the internet connection sucks! (asyik-asyik alasan sama padahal sebelum ni pun mana ada post pictures).


The conclusion is: ELECTRIC KETTLE SANGAT DIPERLUKAN DI UNIVERSITI!

Inspiration, by that, I mean inhalation.

 Assalamualaikum pembuka bicara (cewwah)
Please ignore the title of this post. 

FINAL EXAMS! 

23/10/2010 Halaqah/Study Circle Final Exam
27/10/2010 Tilawah Final Exam
29/10/2010 Pharmacy Practice Practical
31/10/2010 Islamic Worldview
1/11/2010 Islamic Input in Pharmacy
2/11/2010 Pharmacy Practice
3/11/2010 Common OSPE and Bahasa Melayu Lanjutan
4/11/2010 Physiology

Pretty hectic, right? I can't believe that the 5 days-in-a-row exams are finally over! So far, I think I did my best. I have 'successfully' committed some silly laughable mistakes of course. ;) and I'm 100 % sure that there are bound to be some mistakes here and there in my answers but oh well, I don't care! The most important thing is,DAH HABIS JAWAB!!! :D

 I did my best, and it's Allah who decides. Have faith in Allah. :)

Tomorrow is the 5th of November 2010. Deepavali holiday. So, no exams. HAHA

6/11/2010 MCQ Islamic Input, Pharmacy Practice, Physiology
7/11/2010 Break
8/11/2010 Break
9/11/2010 Physical Pharmacy
10/11/2010 Anatomy and Histology
11/11/2010 Break
12/11/2010 Break
13/11/2010 MCQ Physical Pharmacy, Anatomy

My carry marks are in the average range thanks to the quizzes marks. :D
Pharmacy is difficult. Okay, maybe it's a bit tough for an average person like me. But I'll try my best!

It seems like everyone's target is to PASS the subjects and most of us don't really care about CGPAs. Life in university is not like life at school.
Never mind, let's leave this topic aside.

NATIONAL NOVEL WRITING MONTH 2010 (NaNoWriMo)

Okay, this is a bit embarrassing but I have to tell this or else I'll never finish it!

'It' means the novel that I'm currently working on. :-O

I love writing and I have a lot of ideas in my mind. I'm quite imaginative (ask my close friends) but I have a quite limited writing and language skills.And my vocabulary is not that vast. It is quite hard for me to put my ideas into words, joining them into sentences.

The moment I start writing, I will try my best, cracking my head to construct coherent, beautiful sentences that give impacts to the readers. Then I got fed up with myself and the story is never finished. =___=

With the problems listed above, it is quite impossible for me to win any writing competitions. LOL. But this, everyone has a chance to win it!

You just have to write 50,000 words novel and the word count validator will verify your novel and you will automatically win it! It's not a real competition, but it's inspirational. This is the time where everyone will try their best to finish writing the unfinished novel that they stashed away a few years ago. It's not a matter of winning. It's not a matter whether you can get your novel published after that (of which the possibility is quite remote for me- see above reasons). It's a matter of the priceless satisfaction of finally being able to complete your novel.

 Mine is full of flaws, with numerous grammatical errors and all, but I'm glad I'm progressing with the plot. I'm glad that I'm writing spontaneously from whatever that comes into my mind and I'm glad I do not spend too much time worrying about my sentence structures.

The matter is, I HAVE to finish the novel! And do all the editings later.

The due date is on the 30th of November. So far I've written only 5000 + words. Don't laugh.I was busy doing other stuffs (e.g. studying for quizzes and exams) Anyway, there's still plenty of time.

I HAVE TO TELL YOU THIS! It will be an embarrassment if I did not manage to finish the novel. It's a mystery novel. With ghosts and black magic. Ok, lame.

So, for someone who has a dream of becoming a writer to his/her own novel, you are highly recommended to join this competition! You'll get a downloadable certified certificate once you reached the 50,000 word counts. Some people cheat by copying the contents of wikipedia to the word count validator which is so lame.

I'm so lazy to put the link. Just google 'National Novel Writing Month'.

Turning 20

First of all, my heartiest thanks to those who wished me for my birthday. Thank you for actually spending 10 cents to send text message to me, thank you for actually spending a minute or two of your precious time just to post a 'Birthday Wish' on my facebook wall. Thank you all! I will not delete you guys from facebook. Hahahah. :P

I wrote this on the 14th of October. Intended to post this on the day itself but ahha, unluckily and unfortunately, the internet connection sucks! Biasalah, internet free. :P

So, here it goes.

Yesterday is the 13th of October. The day before yesterday is the 12th of October. The day before yesterday is my uncle’s 35th birthday and yesterday is my cousin’s 19th birthday and another cousin’s 10h birthday. Days before that, on 8th of October, is one of my good friends’ birthday and the day before…Ok, stop!

Today is the 14th of October 2010. Which marks my birthday, which also sadly marks that it has been six months that my late grandmother left us to meet her Creator on the 14th of April 2010. Al-Fatihah to her.

In a few minutes, at around 10 pm, my age will officially be 20. Yes, the big TWO-oh. No more the word ‘teen’ in my age. I’m an ADULT!

It means, the Earth did 20 complete rotations since the year I was born, which is in 1990.

I would like to attribute my existence in this world for 20 years to Allah and my parents. Without them, I will never be able to live for 20 years on this Earth.

For twenty years, my heart has been beating continuously without rest, and for twenty years, I have been living on Allah’s earth and breathing the air that He provides me.

Twenty years ago, Allah has created me, decided that I am worthy enough to live on Earth and faces his tests and challenges, thus blowing His soul into me and sent me to live on this Earth. I was born as a healthy, normal baby. Allah the most gracious and merciful has placed me to be in a warm, compassionate family with loving parents. What’s more, I was born to Muslim parents. Alhamdulillah.

My parents doted on me, providing me with emotional and financial support. I never had to experience hunger and poverty as some unfortunate people do. As soon as I was brought into this world, my parents took care of me and Allah watches me, his creation, tenderly and lovingly as I grow up until now.

It’s like the scenario of a mother who has given her child to be taken care by childless parents. Sometimes, she would watch from afar as her child grows up.

>Of course, truly, we come from Allah. That is why; a child is an amanah from Allah to the parents. If the parents abuse their children, Allah will take back the children from them. Allah loves us, His creations; surely he wouldn’t want to see us being mistreated.

Alhamdulillah, my parents love me very much and I love them too.

For twenty years, I have been committing sins, by not adhering to some of His rules and yet He still loves me, still permitting the oxygen to diffuse into my lungs, still allowing my heart to beat, and still giving me good health.

What’s more, He even bestows me with so many goodness and blessings that is in fact, uncountable. I couldn’t list all of them all. It is impossible. Allah has given me wonderful lots of birthday gifts each year.

Alhamdulillah, thank you Allah.

I survived in this temporary world for twenty years because He guides me and blesses me with love and care.

I survived a day of sadness and depression because I know He will give me a day of happiness and elation on the next day.

I survived because of him. I live because of him. I was created by Him.

I will try my best to please you in everything that I do. Please forgive me for all my sins. Thank you Allah.

And as for my parents, thank you for taking really good care of me all this while. To my mother, I’m really sorry that you have to bear immense pain to bring me out to this world. I’ll try my best to make you and dad happy for the rest of your life.

Mom, thank you for taking care of yourself during your pregnancy so that I will come out of the womb normal and healthy.

Dad, thank you for getting a financially stable job and thus providing me a roof over my head and for buying all the things that I want.

Thank you for giving me food to eat, to never ever let me starve even for once. Thank you for bringing me up well. Thank you for teaching me how to talk, read, write. Now I couldn’t stop doing those three things *laugh*.

Thank you for providing me with education, for sending me to school, for all the money and efforts that you have spent on me.

I am really really immensely sorry that I might have hurt your feelings, especially during the rebellious early teenage years. It’s not me, it’s the hormones. *laugh again*.

I’m sorry for giving you troubles throughout twenty years spent in this world.

Thanks for giving me support all these while. For support and care are the two things that all children would want from their parents. And you have given me that.

I do not wish for any presents, for you and my siblings are my birthday presents each year. The wonderful gifts from Allah Himself!

Thank you for taking care of me for twenty years. And please continue to take care of me. Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu!

Thank you for giving me siblings who become my first best friends and buddies. Thank you. I don’t want to be the only child in the family.

There are impossibly so much things, list of thanks to be written here. For you two have done so much good to me and I’m eternally grateful.

The transition states from childhood to adulthood had been excruciatingly painful, emotionally and physically. It is hard, difficult and yet, wonderful at the same time. It’s because I have Allah, family, friends and teachers who helped me along the way.

Ten years ago, I was ten. Surely the 10 years old Sarah back then is really different from the Sarah 10 years later.

I’ve developed physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually over the twenty years.

For each passing years, for each passing moment, I’ll try and hope and pray to become a better person than I am before. Insya-Allah.

Again, thank you Allah. Thank you for always being there for me.

The clock strikes 12. Happy 20th Birthday, Sarah!

There's a little imp in my room!!

Well, I don't know whether it's a little imp or an adult imp, but a 'little imp' sounds cuter and less scary, so there!

Imps were often portrayed as lonely little creatures always in search of human attention. They often used jokes and pranks as a means of attracting human friendship, which often backfired when people became tired or annoyed of the imp's endeavors, usually driving it away. (Wikipedia, n.d.)

Apakah ini Sarah? Is this one of the many adverse effects of watching too much Japanese dramas (thus contributing to the derangement of my mind? Because most Japanese Dramas are irrelevant, illogical yet fun to be watched at the same time XD, err, ada kaitan ke dengan imp) or is this the long term side effect of taking too much diphenydramine expectorant (cough syrup, ceh, nk jugak guna generic name dah nama pun belajar jadi pharmacist, kan?) thus causing hallucination of the mind? Oh yeah, FYI I was sick for one whole week and was absent from classes for two days (with one day M.C but the next day I ponteng because I wasn't feeling well) thus the doctor gave me tooooo  much medicine and I was forced to finish them all. Ok, done!

Anyway, I digress. About this imp. Yes, I'm not joking, okay. In fact, this imp is the main reason of why I got high fever in the first place. Okay, where to start?
This story is really unbelievable. You might just laugh at me if I decided to expose the whole matter here, publicly. But, really, the IMP is REAL!  

Eh, whaddya know, look at the time. Almost 7 p.m Gotta go shower and study for Physical Pharmacy quiz tomorrow. Muahahahahaha.

To not be continued.....Well, it depends on my mood. To say it again, the IMP is REAL!

Hey, alas, I've updated this blog! *throws confetti*
P.S. Out of the four compartments in my room, mine is the only one whose window faces the dense jungle/hill behind. Erkkk. Go figure. And I have a slight suspicion about something that's lurking under my bed at night. SCARY!!! O___o

Babbles

 Books
Sympathetic neurotransmitters are released whenever I entered a bookshop
I need money to buy all the books that I want so JPA please give me money as soon as possible.
One day, I WILL open a bookshop. Or a library. Whatever with books in it.
English books are so expensive as they are imported from overseas. So, someone in Malaysia, please do collaborations whatsoever with those publishing companies overseas so that you can attain the rights to print their books here in MALAYSIA. Not everyone is rich to buy RM30+ books every week! Hmmphh!!!

J-Pop

Seriously. I have no mood to watch any Japanese dramas. Like, SERIOUSLY
Seriously, I don't have the same jittery, excited feeling whenever I watched Matsumoto Jun or Arashi shows
Seriously, I haven't played a single Arashi song on my laptop for more than two months.
Seriously, I think my addiction towards Japanese Dramas, Arashi and Matsumoto Jun is slowly diminishing and deteriorating. Alhamdulillah.

Hari Raya

I celebrated my Hari Raya overseas, just like what I did for the past 20 years. Overseas: Singapore.
My UNGS lecturer said Singapore has the most organized Muslim community in the world. I couldn't agree more. Yeah!
My mum was a Singaporean. She is now a Malaysian.
Though I'm 20 this year, I received a considerable, satisfactory amount of duit raya from my generous aunts, uncles and relatives there. What's more, they are in SINGAPOREAN DOLLARS.

KILL! KILL!

I killed a cockroach today, using the effective cockroach spray from shieldtox.

CLEO
I love CLEO Magazine. It is the MOST interesting magazine in the whole world. Oh boy, I sounded too girlish and bimbo when I wrote this sentence


HORROR or GHOST STORIES or MOVIES
I love watching Horror movies. But some horror movies are too unrealistic that I ended up laughing at the ghosts rather than to be scared of them.

HARUN YAHYA
I downloaded 20 books of his from www.harunyahya.com.

DUNIA BARU
I love Dunia Baru 1, 2, 3 and Dunia Baru the Movie. I'm watching Dunia Baru Reunion on youtube now.

THE END.

P.S. You should very well know that the writer is suffering from writer's block and she doesn't have any good ideas to write or blog about. She is still recovering from car lag (jet lag) due to the long journeys from East to West then to North, then to South then to North again. And now she's off to watch 'Beranak Dalam Kubur' in Astro Prima. She will tell you whether that horror movie is eye-gawking or sleepy-yawning. She invented the terms herself. To think again, the title of the movie itself is absurd.

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Who sleeps in bed next to you?

My Soul Sister, hoho.

Have you ever lied to a teacher to get out of a deadline?

No. They won't compromise. And I'd like to submit assignment as soon as possible. Senang dah habis kerja. 

 

What kind of books do you read?

All books. Fictions. Non fictions.I'm a bookaholic. :)

Best day of the week?

Jumaat. Friday. The last day of lecture for the week, yippee!

What's really creepy?

The homicide case of Datuk Sosilawati and her three other friends. Al-Fatihah to them. 

What's your current fandom/obsession/addiction?

Books. Now, forever and always! ;)

What are you listening to right now?

 Nothing. Hehe.

What did you eat for sahur today?

Dah raya dah. Tak puasa dah. Tapi kena puasa enam sekali dengan puasa ganti. Hahaha.

What websites do you always visit when you go online?

blogs. facebook.twitter.google.

What was the last thing you bought?

CLEO Magazine. Hehe.

What was the cutest thing you've seen today?

My brother, HAZIQ! :D

Does the weather affect your mood?

Sometimes.

What is your zodiac sign?

Libra

Do you want to learn another language?

Mandarin, Japanese, Arabic

5 things you can't live without?

1) Complete, functioning set of body systems

2) Books

3) My glasses

4) Watch or Clock, anything that tells me the time

5) Bed

If you could meet anyone now, who would you meet?

I don't know

What's something you'd like to say to someone right now?

Urmm??

What are you looking forward to?
The end of this semester

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4th Week- A Summary

Okay, sekarang ni dah nak masuk 7th week dah. Baru nak post 4th week punya summary.Tapi tulis lama dah sebenarnya. Blame the internet. *rolled eyes*

This post was written at the end of the fourth week

This post and the previous ones are really really plain, simple, bland, without any pictures. Blame the siput sedut wireless connection. 

So, 4th week now. Let's recap.

So what did I actually do there? Studying? Err, right. Whatever. Dr. Maryanto's lab report, UNGS term paper, studying for the upcoming Physiology and Anatomy quiz next week!

Memorizing verse 22-28 of Surah al-Israk. Memorizing 2 hadiths (Hadith no 1 and 12).

Ifthar (breaking fast) with 2nd year Pharmacy seniors at Musolla Talhah 3. They cooked Koay Teow Goreng Kantonis. Yup, they cooked! They brought rice cooker and all those ingredients. Awesomeness.

Walking to and fro from Kulliyyah of Pharmacy to Mahallah Maimunah as the bus (RJ Liner) is nowhere to be seen. -_____-. Walking under the hot scorching sun is not pleasant of course, but somehow, we can endure it.

At 8 p.m on Wednesday, walked to Kulliyyah of Pharmacy to watch the Demonstrasi Debat Bahasa Melayu. All UIA Kuantan students who are taking Bahasa Melayu this semester are compulsory to attend the debat. The topic 'Pelajar UIA: Indah Khabar dari Rupa'. LOL.

Finished reading 'The Rice Mother' by Rani Manicka. The novel won 2003 Commonwealth Prize Award. The story about a 14 years old Ceylonese girl shipped from India to Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia. Yeah, Kuantan! Haha. She married a 37 year old man, live in Malaysia, gave birth to 6 children every year. Endured the horrific events of Japanese Occupation, which claimed the life of her precious daughter, bla-bla.

The story is so beautifully written and it gives a tremendous depressing impact on me.I got depressed after reading the first chapter. See?? Everyone should read this book. Maybe I will buy a copy. Ermm. JPA? Bila nak datang?

Gonna borrow more books (fictions) from the library next week. Some Roald Dahl's books that I haven't read, some good old classics- Good Wives, Anna Karenina, etc.

Fictions made up my life. Life here is quite dull, with all those studying that need to be done, with all those assignments that need to be finished, with all those complicated formats of lab reports that need to be completed, with all those continuous, rigid, process of waking up, go to KOP, go back to Mahallah, study, sleep. Wake up, go KOP, Mahallah, study, sleep. The same events over and over again. DULL, RIGHT???

The good way to treat this spirit of mine that needs adventures, entertainments and all is to read books. FICTIONS! By reading books, you can imagine, you can be at other places, your mind will be absorbed with the whole story, as if you are really there, witnessing everything. And you could choose whether to speed read or to slowly enjoy and devour the entire story, compared to watching series and movies, where you have to wait, wait and wait. Like, when will this guy finished his dialogue? When will the murderer be found or what? Somehow, it's kind of wasting your time. Watching movies when you're supposed to be studying is one of the many forms of guilty pleasures. But you'll feel guilty, lah. And you can bring your book anywhere. You can read it anywhere, at all times.

Another thing. I will only give some clues. Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Aamir Khan, 3 Idiots, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, My Name is Khan, Dilwale Dulhania le Jayenge, Karan Johar, Vinod Chopra, Dharma Pictures, Lata Mangeshkar, Jatin Lalit, Dil to Pagal Hai, Main Hoon Na, Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. Go figure.

I'm too lazy to construct sentences. Guess, guess. 6/8/2010. Solehah. T2 4.5, Secret Recipe cake, candles, snacks and tidbits, Sarah, Syidah, Afzan, Wani,Timah, Tiqah, Farah Ruwaida, Majdiah, Zafirah, 'Aina, Julia, Ain and others. An event.

That's all from me. Chalo beta!

3rd Week - A Summary

 Actually, this was written last week. But I couldn't post this due to the super duper sloowwwwwwww wireless connection of IIUM Kuantan. Oh well.

3rd Week Summary

Baru tadi tengah best meluahkan perasaan dalam Bahasa Melayu pasal PakCik Teksi kat Berjaya Megamall Kuantan tapi oh man, internet DISCONNECTED* Takpe-takpe, relax. Tu post mengutuk orang sebenarnya. tapi Allah tak nak bagi saya dapat dosa jadi dia tak bagi saya publish post tu kat public. :) 

Anyway, I digress.
Last week, I had to undergo the audition for the emcee/ quiz moderator for the 2nd IIUM National Pharmacy Quiz that will be held after raya.
Besides me, there're many of my other classmates who tried their luck in the audition. Amiirah, Naza, Kak Nisah (she wanted to audition for Arabic Language, actually), Fatin Kamaruzaman and Adibah Mazlan, and three brothers from our class. Total, 9 first year students. Bersemangat, kan?
There were two or three seniors (2nd year students) who went to the audition as well.

Amiirah Rosli. The only English-exempted girl in the Pharmacy Rx9. Band 6 in MUET. Extensive (exaggerating, am I? XD) experiences in emcee-ing. Haha. The moment she opened her mouth, wow, we were awe-strucked. The seniors as well. Ah well, biasalah. Amiirah. :P
Then it was my turn. I began with salam and stated my name. First year.Then I read the text.
'Annoucing, the arrivals of  blablabla'.

The others are really good. So I don't really put high hopes, LOL.

Long story cut short (apa punya English daa) at 12 something a.m this morning (morning, not noon!) I received a message from Kak Hajar

'Salam. Congratulations! You have been selected as emcee/quiz moderator for 2nd IIUM National Pharmacy Quiz. You will be informed later about the training. Thank you :) '

Okay, so I got the job. Either the emcee or the quiz moderator. I don't know. Haha. Never mind. Alhamdulillah.

I wrote my name for the Kelab Debat Bahasa Melayu Kuantan. No English Debate team in Kuantan, so sad, huh? Then the Vice President sent me a message.

'Salam. Anda dijemput ke mass gathering kelab debat bahasa melayu Kuantan pada 2/8 (Isnin) di Musolla KOP. Maklumat lanjut leh rujuk gb group kdbmk. Jumpa di sana. Tq. Wslm.'

Initially, I intended to go to the so called mass gathering. But then I looked at the FB group and the blog of Kelab Debat Bahasa Melayu Kuantan. It seems like, if you decided to really join the club, as the debater, participating in various debate competition that will be held out of campus, you will miss lots of classes. So, no thanks. The lectures and studies are more important. Haha. XD

And I have been chosen/ voted to be the Setiausaha (Secretary) for the Assistant Batch Leader. Not a glamorous post. Tak buat kerja sangat pun.Cuma collect students' biodata. Naza berapa kali suruh update students' biodata tapi tak buat-buat pun. Pemalas punya setiausaha. :P

Studies and lectures went well, I guess. But I don't dare to say much about this. Let's just see how well will I fare in the quizzes. O___o.

What else? Balik raya! Yeah! Balik kampung. Aidil fitri this year will not be the same as the previous Hari Raya. I'm sure you know the reason why. :(

Anyway, UIA Kuantan will provide bus for 'orang-orang utagha' pi balik Ipoh, Butterworth, Sungai Petani, Aloq Staq, Kuala Perlis. Good! No need to go buy ticket from outside bus (err, whatever). So, I will go home to Sungai Petani tercinta (insya-Allah) together with Hanis. :DD. Can't wait!  Alhamdulillah, Allah permudahkan urusan nak beli tiket balik Kedah.

But oh, kesian budak-budak Dentistry. Hazie told me that they will still have a class on the 9th of September. Note: 10th September is the first day of Aidil Fitri. Kesian, kan? Dahlah kulliyyah jauh daripada Mahallah, ikut block system, banyak aktiviti sampai tak sempat nak stadi (dia yang kata), cuti pun tak banyak. Lepas tu bila habis first year, kena halau pergi keluar duduk IM2 (off campus) sekali dengan budak-budak Medic sebab brothers dari IM2 masuk dalam Talhah. Kasihan. Okay, kakak senior yang beritahu. Rumours aje kot.
Alhamdulillah. Tiba-tiba bersyukur dapat course Pharmacy walaupun takla 'se-glamour'course Medic atau Dentistry. Takpe, asalkan happy (err, setakat ni masih happy lagi la kot).

Oh yeah, JPA! Bila nak masuk ni? Kena tahan air liur daripada meleleh bila nampak paperback Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol. And other books. Anna Karenina's complete and unabridged version in leatherbound (so- called) cover for the price of less than RM30??? Cheesecake! I have to remind myself that there are other important things to buy rather than fictions. I haven't even finished reading Terry Pratchett's A Hat Full of Sky' that I borrowed almost two weeks ago!

A series of lab reports, UNGS term paper and BM presentation need to be submitted and presented. Oh well, the life of a student, right?

Preparations for Ramadhan? Aha, I have been ganti-ing my puasa since last week. Padan muka ganti lambat-lambat siapa suruh? Minggu ni habis ganti, insya-Allah. So, unlike the brothers, we the sisters won't face that much problems in suppressing our desire to eat (memang haram makan pada siang hari di Bulan Ramadhan), overcoming intense hunger and insya-Allah we won't feel that tired as compared to them. Dah banyak practise ganti puasa, what?? Okay, jangan riak. Insya-Allah Allah permudahkan perjalanan hidup di Bulan Ramadhan ni.

And alhamdulillah. Dan habis 4 juzuk al-Quran sejak masuk UIA ni. Bacaan pun dah lebih lancar daripada sebelum ni. Best pulak baca al-Quran ni. Alhamdulillah. Berusaha baca sekurang-kurangnya 2 muka surat setiap hari (waktu habis solat fardhu). Okay, teruskan usaha. Fighting!

Bertuah masuk UIA ni sebenarnya.
Kelas Tilawah- Baca Surah Ali-Imran dengan hafal surah dari An-Nas sampai Adh-Dhuha.
Study Circle- Hafal Hadith, Ibadah Camp, Hafal Surah al-Israk dengan al-Hasyr (beberapa potongan ayat).

Call mak almost tiap-tiap hari. Mak selalu pesan solat hajat setiap habis Isyak. Tengah nak menjadikannya satu tabiat yang bagus. Insya-Allah.

OKAA-SAN! I MISS YOU SO MUCH!!! :(((

I shall stop now. Another 2 minutes to 12 a.m. I'm not feeling sleepy yet so I shall study. LOL.

Toodles!

A New World (IIUM Kuantan)

 I've been trying to post this entry LOONGGG time ago. Okay, I'm exaggerating. I've been trying to post this entry since last week, ever since I had 'successfully' registered the wireless settings to my laptop. -___-
But oh, it is stated that the connection is EXCELLENT but I couldn't even post one picture here without waiting for about an hour or so ( of which I did not) and then, the wireless is disconnected. CHEESECAKE!

So, how's life here?
I like it very much, thank you. In fact, I prefer being here rather than in CFS PJ. The environment here is so calm, serene, relaxing. The window of my compartment is facing the lush green hill behind and I really like it. When I wake up early in the morning for subuh prayer, I will be shivering from top to toe. I mean, yes, it's really cold! It's like you're in Cameron Highlands or something. As I draw the curtain, I feel all cheered up and refreshed  as I see the towering green trees behind, together with the chirping of the birds and all. I feel so calm and relaxed. :D


I love my room, I love my compartment, the only one whose window faces the hill out of the three other compartments. I have really nice roommates. Two of them are really nice 4th year Dentistry Student, Kak Aliya and Kak Nana. And a really nice 1st year Pharmacy student (same like me), Zimah.
Kak Aliya is extremely nice. Once, she treated us Roti Canai for breakfast and she gave us chocolates and sweets she bought from her trip to U.K. And she lent me her 'Clinical Anatomy' and 'Atlas of Human Anatomy' of which I don't really think I'll be using them that frequently, as they are more suitable for Dentistry and Medicine student. And yeah, she gave me, yes, GAVE ME the Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology of which will be my primary source of reference while waiting for the Tortora books. Nice, right? :). She must have been popular because somebody (a senior) pointed to me as 'Kak Aliya's new roommate' to her friend beside then her friend smiled and said 'Oh, really?' 

I love my Mahallah. It's more like an apartment, really. We do have to share the toilets and bathrooms but I don't care. It's really nice to experience the REAL life of a university student. There are monkeys too. I managed to capture a picture of them but cannot post it here because??? :P
The 'good' monkeys didn't intrude into my room. Hehe. :D. Good monkeys. :P


I wish I could post all the pictures here but oh well, the internet connection SUCKSSS. But I shouldn't complain. Rather, I should be grateful to have been able to type all these here. Maybe I'll post them all when I get home. Which is, like, 6 more weeks to go. Ahahaha. Yes, I'll only be home for Hari Raya. It feels like I'm studying in overseas or something, LOL.


Pharmacy. Kulliyyah of Pharmacy. I am very very grateful to get a place in this one of the most sought after courses. I love Pharmacy! Pharmacy is my passion! I love all the stuffs that I have learned so far. And the lecturers are awesome! My batch is awesome as well! I will try my best to get the best results. Amin.
My day started as early as 6 a.m when I wake up and get ready for the long hours of classes throughout the day. Then I will get out from my room at 7.30 a.m and walked to the front of the mahallah, waiting for the bus to take us to our respective kulliyyahs. Oh, sometimes I'll just walk there. It's not that far, anyway. ;). The classes will end at around 4 to 5 p.m. It's pretty hectic. But I love it! :D

Oh yeah, Pharmacy reminds me of the subject 'Potion' in Harry Potter. We are required to make creams, ointments, elixirs, syrups and all those drug related stuffs. Drug dealer in the making, huh? :P
The best thing is that we can use the creams and the ointments that we have made! Ginger cream or Vitamin E cream, anyone? :P

What else? Oh yeah, I've decided that I will be a bit active here. Life is not all about studying. I don't want to be a NERD! So, the first step is that I have applied to become an M.C for the Pharmacy National Quiz that will be held in IIUM after Hari Raya. There's the audition that I have to go through. I hope I can get the job. The M.C or the quiz moderator. And I'm thinking of applying to the iPhA (IIUM Pharmacy Students Association) magazine as someone in the editorial board. Well, see first. My mum encourages me to participate in all these as she too was active during her university years. The same goes with my dad. 


All right. What else? I wanted to tell everything! There's no TV here. Yup, I didn't watch the semi final and final match of the World Cup. Sad, huh? And no, I didn't cry when Germany lost. I'm matured, man! I'm no longer the 16 years old Sarah who cried in the bus and in the class when Germany lost against Italy in World Cup 2006. Haha. In fact, I have more things in my mind rather that to be worried or to actually care about the football world.


The cafe is situated quite far from my Mahallah but never mind, I'm okay with that. I must not complain!
Sad to say, due to the immense amount of assignments, lab reports and studying to be done, I haven't been out for outings during this 3 weeks duration of staying here. Never mind, it's only the first year here. I WILL explore the whole of Kuantan throughout my four years here.


But I hate the library of UIA Kuantan. Indera Mahkota library. I freaking hate it when most of the books that I wanted  are in the PJ library and the Gombak main library. What the eff??? I couldn't do my research la like this! And the library is smaller than the library we have in PJ. Come on, this is supposed to be the MAIN CAMP library! Pfttt!!!


Oh yeah, the subjects that I'll be taking this semester. I'm supposed to post the print-screen picture here but err, well,, you know, internet connection. oh well..

Study Circle

Bahasa Melayu Lanjutan (YEAH, OMG!)

Islamic Input in Pharmacy

Fundamentals of Physiology

Basic Anatomy and Histology

Introduction to Pharmacy Practice

Physical Pharmacy 1

Islamic Worldview

Tilawah Al-Quran 2

Nah, ambik! 9 subjects! 4 core courses and 5 university required subjects. Total credit hours, 19.5!
And I have a Chinese teacher teaching Bahasa Melayu! I'm elated, seriously! The last time I have had a Chinese person teaching me in some subjects was in my secondary school! I really missed being taught by Chinese teachers. We do have two lecturers from Africa  (Dr.Abu Bakar-Anatomy and Dr.Ibrahim Shogar-UNGS), one lecturer from Bangladesh/India (I supposed, Dr.Mokhlesur-Islamic Input) and one Indonesian lecturer, Dr.Maryanto who's teaching us Physical Pharmacy.


So far, I'm doing okay with the subjects listed above. But I do have a little difficulty in understanding some parts of Physical Pharmacy.
I pity Dr.Maryanto. He's trying his best to make us understand the things that he's teaching. But err, the matter is, the auditorium is err... condusive for.., err... sleeping. I do not sleep, of course! It's disrespectful! But being an ordinary helpless human being I am, I couldn't help feeling sleepy. I tried my best to cheer Dr. Maryanto up when he asked

'When Sodium Hydroxide is being put in the solution (ok, I forgot), will the concentration of (I forgot) increase or decrease?' 

Seeing no one is taking the effort of answering his question, I answered it ardently, high-spiritedly!

'INCREASE!'  I said. And I smiled. Dr.Maryanto smiled too, seeing that somebody is listening to him. Then he asked

'And why is that?'

My smile faltered and I said ' Errr... because NaOH is a strong base???' okay, sesuka hati menghentam jawapan. 

He stopped smiling. Ahahaha. Toot! Wrong answer! Okay, I shall revise Partition Coefficient pronto!

Talking about feelings. I do miss my family. My mum and Haziq, especially but somehow, I feel like I don't really miss home. No feelings of homesickness. Instead,  I feel that I have a huge responsibility here and I should make my parents proud. But I do try to call my mum EVERYDAY. Sometimes, once in two days. And call my dad, Syafiq too, calling me several times a week. I am very blessed. I am very grateful to Allah for giving me such wonderful family members, such wonderful home and all.

I do miss someone. Someone important in my life. Sometimes, as I was sitting quietly, I will think of my late grandma, who recently passed away last April. I will think of my other grandparents. I no longer have any grandparents in this world. Then there will be tears flowing down my cheeks. I feel sad. I feel sad that they have to go so early, without having the chance to see me graduating, getting a job, becoming successful.. But I do know that Allah loves them more. And I will 'sedekah' Al-Fatihah each time I remember them. My eyes are all watery now. 

Hazie celebrated her 20th birthday last Saturday. So, yours truly, Wanie, Wan, Soul, Afzan, Atiqah, Timah bought a cake and surprised her in her room! I captured some photos and recorded a video but of course, same reason again.>_____>

And to my beloved younger brother, Danial, Happy 14th birthday, sayang! Semoga sentiasa dirahmati dan diberkati Allah, dilindungi Allah. Amin.

I watched '3 Idiots' a few days before and I got to say that I'm extremely impressed! Everyone should watch '3 Idiots'. It's inspirational. University students should watch it. 

I decided to add in various things to my reading and watching list.

Reading list: 

Fictions: Terry Pratchett (available in IIUM Kuantan Library, surprisingly), Chetan Bhagat (I have one of his books at home. He's the one who wrote the 3 Idiots book, LOL).

Educational: Harun Yahya. Only one book of his is available in IIUM Kuantan Library. asdsfhfdjza;jf

Academical: Histology, Physiology, Anatomy and friends.

Reading diet: 2 pages of al-Quran every solat (trying my best to make this a habit), a fiction once in two weeks (Terry Pratchett!), an educational book once in two weeks[Harun Yahya (I'll alternate between fictional and educational book)] and ALL academic required books every day. (This can't be helped, of course). XD

Watching list:

I should watch Ahmad Deedat's debate but dunno where to get it. I know about him from Julia and Luqman and I saw his videos in youtube during the holidays. He gave impressive amazing views on the religious issues and issues of the world. Youtube in IIUM Kuantan? Get real!

One movie a week. Currently engrossed in Hindustan movies. LOL.

Outing: Once in a month. Hahahaha.

I'm not a NERD!

To summarize, IIUM Kuantan rawwkkss!!

Babbles

Pheewwww.... I'm so tired! Exhausted! Like, seriously!
Yesterday I was feeling a bit sad and emotional but now, THANKS to the hurried last-minute packing, I only feel tired and NOT emo at all.

There's still some stuffs to do. Going to KL this afternoon. Going to Kuantan tomorrow morning, insya-Allah.
Tired tired tired tired.
Yesterday I went to the clinic and the doctor said I have a slight fever. And I didn't realise it! So she gave me some medicine and I felt extremely sleepy after taking one of the pills. So I dozed off at about 9 something p.m last night.
Yesterday I ate 3 whole big 'Ikan Siakap' with 3+ plates of rice. With lots of spinach and soup. I was so hungry yesterday. The effect of fever? Maybe.

What else? Oh yeah, my favourite team, Germany made it to the semi-final! Yes! And I have a strong hunch that Germany will take home the Cup. Go Germany!
I'm a faithful, loyal supporter of Germany. I supported them since 2006 (fine, only four years ago but who cares?) and even though they lost in the semi final in 2006, I still support them. Yeah! In fact, Germany is the only team that I support throughout this world cup. No other teams. I will continue supporting them. Ahaha. In fact, even if Malaysia DID qualify for the World Cup in another 30 years or so, I will keep on supporting Germany! :P You see, it is HARD to forget your FIRST LOVE.
Their spirits, teamwork and discipline really inspires me.

I do remember what our Prime Minister, Dato' Seri Najib Tun Razak said yesterday:

'Kita kena mempunyai semangat kerjasama. Kita boleh tengok Piala Dunia, Germany mempunyai semangat kerjasama!'
:D Indirectly, I'm feeling very proud of them.

'Jangan jadi primadona,' then everybody laughed.
'Bukan Maradona, primadona. Kerja nak kejar bola sendiri je,'

Hahahahaha.

So, I will be registering at Kuantan Main Campus tomorrow. And the first taaruf session will start at 9 p.m!
I hope I'll be tired enough that I don't have the mood to cry, to be sad or to be emotional. Like what I'm feeling right now. TIRED!!!

Jamie will go to Kuantan this Friday to send her sister to UIA (a.k.a where I'll be studying). So, I hope I can meet her! We'll have Tilawah Test and Photography session for matric card on Friday!

And uh-oh. Just realized it. Germany will have a match against Spain at 2.30 a.m Thursday! I hope there is a TV in my Mahallah. Please please! I want to watch!

What else? Okay, that's it. I guess. Gotta take my medicine and continue to sort out my stuffs.

Please pardon my English. I'm too tired to care about the grammatical errors and the incoherent sentences.

Good luck everyone and have a nice day!
^_^

Be Prepared

Got the info from Aishah.

Mahallah (college/hostel) dekat dengan hutan. Siapa yang bilik menghadap hutan kena selalu tutup tingkap takut monyet menceroboh. LOL.

Jarak Kulliyyah of Pharmacy dengan Mahallah lebih kurang macam jarak Zainab College dengan Pasar Malam. Jalan berbukit. Sediakan payung sebab panas. Atau hujan.

Tempat baru tapi tandas macam digunakan berkurun-kurun.

Bawak penyapu, kain buruk, penyodok sebab bilik sangatlah berhabuk macam tak guna setahun.

Minum air paip yang dimasak boleh menyebabkan sakit tekak. Water cooler only one per block. And kadang-kadang rosak. -____-.

Unlike in PJ, Cafe bukannya ada di tiap-tiap mahallah. Tapi terletak di tengah-tengah alam di antara mahallah. 


Makanan agak mahal berbanding PJ tapi boleh tahan sedaplah.

Nak keluar outing susah sebab takde transportation. Ahaha.

Bawaklah tikar atau karpet.


Bawaklah Mosquito Spray sebab ada nyamuk.


Unlike PJ yang setiap level mahallah ada TV, dekat Kuantan takde. Ada dekat kafe brothers je. Takpe, nanti ramai-ramai serbu sana in case Germany masuk finals. :P


Need: Umbrella, ubat nyamuk, penyapu. small carpet /mat (KIV).

Whoa, best kan? An adventure! :D I'm not being sarcastic here.